Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 101373.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and fractures pelvis and ribs

Accident Summary Nr: 101373.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 09/12/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1264106.015	09/13/2017		238130	King Construction Company Llc

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on September 12, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working inside a one-story commercial building that was being constructed. He was working from a scaffold and stapling plastic to the building's ceiling. Employee #1 fell from the scaffold's work platform, which measured 18 feet 5 inches long by 4 feet 1.5 inches wide, to the compacted soil surface, a fall height of 17 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fractured pelvis and multiple fractured ribs.

Keywords: Ceiling, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Material Handling, Pelvis, Rib, Scaffold, Work Platform

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1264106.015	21	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 17 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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